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Classic campfire experience, for most of these inner-city youths, a first. Campfire circle at a Sierras Golden Trout Wilderness base camp. Profile of Outward Bound Adventures, a nonprofit organization that introduces at-risk urban teens to the therapeutic benefits of time spent in the wilds, there motto is; "Share the Earth, Challenge a Child". Known as OBA, the group brought 12 teens, all continuation high school students from the Pico Union and Watts areas of downtown Los Angeles...more »

Classic campfire experience, for most of these inner-city youths, a first. Campfire circle at a Sierras Golden Trout Wilderness base camp. Profile of Outward Bound Adventures, a nonprofit organization that introduces at-risk urban teens to the therapeutic benefits of time spent in the wilds, there motto is; "Share the Earth, Challenge a Child". Known as OBA, the group brought 12 teens, all continuation high school students from the Pico Union and Watts areas of downtown Los Angeles on a 28-mile trek last month (EDS NOTE: July 31 - August 9), OBA annually brings Los Angeles teens into the High Sierra's. After three days at a base camp and in-depth instruction, youth are led into the backcountry for six days where they are challenged to work as a team on such tasks as cooking, cleaning, camp set-up and breakdown.« less